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A day before the April 5 deadline set by the Maoists for fulfillment of their demands in exchange for the release of Biju Jana ta Dal MLA Jhina Hikaka, the Naveen Patnaik government blinked on Wednesday evening and agreed to release 27 people in various Odisha jails in exchange for Hikaka as well as Italian Bosusco Paolo.

After the second military coup in 1962 (first was a caretaker government in 1959) the Burmese Military Junta under Ne Win used to boast about their finances as how much exchange they have saying that the exchange rate of Kyat 6.4 to one US dollar would never depreciate. Since then it has become an unwritten law as the country economy has gone down slowly due to the dunderhead of the Generals as one Junta after another have little or no idea of what is wrong with the economy, little realising that they themselves are the wrong persons to be in power.

As Sri Lanka-China trade topped $ 2.2Bn in 2011, an international port city in Hambanthota region to compete with Singapore, is proposed by a Beijing based private investment group with no less than $50 Bn as envisaged project value. “We are looking at a 10 year timeline for the $ 50 Bn Hambanthota Trade City Project on the Public Private Partnership model.

Indians seeking to migrate to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for employment can now expect an assured salary package and better work environment with both countries on Wednesday introducing a system under which work contracts of prospective employees will have to be endorsed by Indian authorities.

When Emperor Dharmasoka was reigning in India around 250 BC, India was indeed the greatest friend of Sinhale. However that is past history. Analyzing the actions of India in recent times according to the quotation of Winston Churchill given above one has to conclude that India is indeed no longer a friend but an enemy of Sri Lanka.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing the plea for investigating the alleged role of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum scam with an NGO claiming that he was in the know of all developments relating to fixation of price for allocation of radio waves.

Day 2 of the second Test at Colombo between England and Sri Lanka turned out to be a game that was overshadowed by English bowlers and batsmen. Sri Lanka was 238/6 at stumps with Angelo Mathews (41) and Suraj Randiv (5) still at the crease at the end of Day 1.